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Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference Journal, Volume 2, William & Mary Law School
Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference Journal, Volume 2, William & Mary Law School
Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Journal
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Property
October 11-12, 2012
Panel 1: The Impact of a Leading Property Scholar
Panel 3: Property Rights in Times of Economic Crisis
Panel 4: Property's Moral Dimension
Property's Constitution, James Y. Stern
Property's Constitution, James Y. Stern
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Long-standing disagreements over the definition of property as a matter of legal theory present a special problem in constitutional law. The Due Process and Takings Clauses establish individual rights that can be asserted only if “property” is at stake. Yet the leading cases interpreting constitutional property doctrines have never managed to articulate a coherent general view of property, and in some instances have reached opposite conclusions about its meaning. Most notably, government benefits provided in the form of individual legal entitlements are considered “property” for purposes of due process but not takings doctrines, a conflict the cases acknowledge but do …